The server is full, try again later (1017)

[Daffodil]

Just to add a little clarity to this back and forth over whether the game is considered launched or any other manner of finished product by various definitions. Quoting from last Live Letter, portion of it bolded by me for emphasis:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/64478


Again... the game is supposedly launched for us with early access, as it is supposed to be the exact same version that will be available on 8/27 for the official global launch.

So, yes... we are being shut out from the actual game at this point. Not a Beta stage 5, not a freebie weekend for us to kick the tires for SE before official launch. For all intents and purposes, this version given to us on 8/24 was the official launch version and was our actual launch date.

That was disappointing to read.

Kind of wish I had just waited to purchase until the actual launch.

[BrunoRibeiro]

OK, i did! Don´t know how, but it worked. I log in the FFXIV!

But still don´t know whats the difficult to put a queue for the players...

[MuiMao]

I would just like there to be a queue again, really.
It would be better to know how long I'm going to have to wait to play as opposed to just blindly attempting to log in every 5 minutes. And then resolving to just go do something else for a while and then coming back and just... nope. Still the same error. It feels like I"m being jerked around.

Didnt they actually make a big deal about people staying in the queue in order to reduce the load on the servers as opposed to hammering them repeatedly with constant login attempts?
Doesn't this mean they've kinda shot themselves in the foot?

I'm not really one to make a complaint about how I "paid for early access and I'm not getting it" but honestly, it was a marketing decision designed to get us to preorder the game; it was offered to us as an incentive to TRUST square enix with our loyalty, to say hey, I'm being offered something in return for my faith in the relaunch of a previously failed game, to give them the benefit of the doubt and put our money on the table.

The plain and simple truth is, they're not delivering that. They hyped this game up so much, they tried to get everyone to come back on board with them after 1.0, to entice NEW players with a shiny new and improved game, and after all that marketing they didn't think about the hardware to support that? It just.. baffles me. Really, it does.

I'm not upset about my money. I'm not upset about not being able to play. I'm upset because I put my faith and trust in a company and gave them my support despite their previous shortcomings (I even ENCOURAGED other people to give this game a chance!) and they just spat in my face again with empty apologies and excuses.

[Tardyg]

This is extremely disappointing.
This is not the type of experience I was expecting during Early Release.

[Raist]

OK, i did! Don´t know how, but it worked. I log in the FFXIV!

But still don´t know whats the difficult to put a queue for the players...

/cry

Been trying to get on Midgard all day. Not literally... tooled around doing other stuff, but kept the laptop up with the launcher open and kept trying.... since about 12:00. It's now almost 10:00. Gotta get to bed soon.

/sigh

[FornaxLacerta]

On the bright side, think of how big SE's Executives bonus's will be this year due to all of our pre-orders!!! .. ... ... oh, wait...

[BrunoRibeiro]

/cry

Been trying to get on Midgard all day. Not literally... tooled around doing other stuff, but kept the laptop up with the launcher open and kept trying.... since about 12:00. It's now almost 10:00. Gotta get to bed soon.

/sigh

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I tryed a lot to get it.
Now i´m looking for players afk and there are a lot of then. Square don´t kick and refuse to put a good queue.
This time i connect whiout a queue.
Strange.

[AuroseListal]

possible solution...Rolling restarts and an estimated conclusion/resolution of issues time. Would at very least calm players and stop their servers from being swamped with log in ques.

[Greenstreet]

That happy moment when you don't get the "world is full" error and you get a long loading screen......only to be followed by a lobby connection error which shatters your hopes and dreams.

[FornaxLacerta]

possible solution...Rolling restarts and an estimated conclusion/resolution of issues time. Would at very least calm players and stop their servers from being swamped with log in ques.

I'm betting something like that is incoming right now as it appears all the servers are coming down or something. As to whether or not they actually fix the issue(s)? Magic 8-ball says: Don't Count On It.